 At least from the 10th century the burh had a moot or court, the relation of which to the other courts is matter of speculation.A law of Edgar, about 960, required that it should meet three times a year, these being in all likelihood assemblies at which attendance was compulsory on all tenants of the burghal district, when pleas concerning life and liberty and land were held, and men were compelled to find pledges answerable for their good conduct.At these great meetings the borough reeve ("gerefa") presided, declaring the law and guiding the judgments given by the suitors of the court.